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7 May, 2015

Ends CA water bottling

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Starbucks moves water bottling for Ethos Water outside of California.

We are committed to our mission to be a globally responsible company and to support the people of the state of California as they face this unprecedented drought.

16 Jun, 2014

ASU tuition reimbursement

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Starbucks announces that they will provide tuition reimbursement to Arizona State University’s online courses for interested employees. The requirements of the program are that the partner (employee) must work 20+ hours a week with Starbucks and must have the grades needed to be accepted into ASU. Employees are not being required to continue working with Starbucks after they graduate. CEO of Starbucks, Howard Schultz, says

I feel so strongly this is the right thing to do and Starbucks as a company is going to benefit in ways that probably we can not identify today.

The scholarship is being offered for those with at least two years of college credits, though Starbucks has said they will also be providing assistance for those freshly starting as well.

12 Jun, 2014

Wireless cell charging

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Starbucks and Duracell Powermat announce that they’ve begun a national rollout of wireless phone chargers in Starbucks and Teavana locations, starting in the San Franscisco Bay Area and featuring a special area on tables throughout the store where customers can place their cellular devices to be recharged. Daniel Schreiber, president of Powermat Technologies, said

This move by Starbucks cuts the final cord of our lives — the power cord. It’s changing the way humanity interacts with power.

Over the next three years, more than 100,000 table chargers — built-in Powermat charge pads — will be installed in Starbucks’ 7,500 company-owned stores in the U.S.